EditorialChakrasamvara and?Vajravarahi, 15th16th?century, Tangka; Silk with silk embroidery, image: 12 1/2 ? 8 3/8 in. (31.8 ? 21.3 cm), The ability to visualize the embrace of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi is understood to be a skill that can be developed only...
EditorialAcarya Bhavaviveka Converts a Nonbeliever to Buddhism. Date/Period: 18th century; Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Gelug monastic order. Painting. Color on cloth; cloth mounting Color on cloth; cloth mounting. Height: 1,353.57 mm (53.29 in); Width: 845.31 mm ...
EditorialDharmapala Standing on a Lion, ca. 16th century, Tibet, Stone with traces of gold paint, inlaid with turquoise, H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); D. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Wt. 6 lbs (2.7 kg), Sculpture, Dharmapalas, defenders of the dharma, ...
EditorialAcarya Bhavaviveka Converts a Nonbeliever to Buddhism. Date/Period: 18th century; Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Gelug monastic order. Painting. Color on cloth; cloth mounting Color on cloth; cloth mounting. Height: 1,353.57 mm (53.29 in); Width: 845.31 mm ...
EditorialYong Zin Khon Shogpel: Seventh Abbot of Ngor Monastary, 16th century, Tibet, Distemper and gold on cloth, Image: 31 x 26 1/4 in. (78.7 x 66.7 cm), Paintings, This painting depicts the abbots of Ngor monastery, which follows the teachings of the Sakya s...
EditorialGilt bronze mandala, from China, Quing dynasty, 17th-18th century. Example of the Sino-Tibetan style; mad in China during the Quing dynasty (1644-1911) but represente elements of Tibetan Lamaist Buddhism. It is cast as a pomegranate; at the centre of t...